The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
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Read by LibriVox Volunteers
An unusual concept,with each of the twelve chapters written by a different author. The original idea was to see how a single engagement and marriage affects the whole family, but as each author took on a chapter and, possibly, based it on their own family, it showed contention, conflict and, ultimately, a very dysfunctional family.
- Summary by Lynne T (7 hr 13 min)
Chapters
| THE FATHER, by William Dean Howells | 35:31 | Read by CMachado |
| THE OLD-MAID AUNT, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 44:18 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
| THE GRANDMOTHER, by Mary Heaton Vorse | 29:15 | Read by Lynne T |
| THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, by Mary Stewart Cutting | 30:05 | Read by Colleen McMahon |
| THE SCHOOL-GIRL, by Elizabeth Jordan | 32:53 | Read by Shannon Santos |
| THE SON-IN-LAW, by John Kendrick Bangs | 27:36 | Read by Douglas Wood |
| THE MARRIED SON, by Henry James | 53:06 | Read by Cbteddy |
| THE MARRIED DAUGHTER, By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | 46:02 | Read by Natalie Fortier |
| THE MOTHER, by Edith Wyatt | 30:22 | Read by Jennifer Wilson |
| THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews | 30:45 | Read by Inkell |
| PEGGY, by Alice Brown | 38:00 | Read by Yoganandh T |
| THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke | 35:28 | Read by Lyndon Ashworth |